@inproceedings{381e2b4cf85545079e98d03ff04c9838,
title = "A Lifecycle for Models of Large Multi-Agent Systems",
abstract = "Two key issues in building multi-agent systems concern their scalability and engineering open systems. We offer solutions to these potential problems by introducing a lifecycle for models of large multi-agent systems. Our proposal connects a model for the collective analysis of agent systems with an individual-based model. This approach leads on to a virtuous cycle in which individual behaviours can be mapped on to global models and vice-versa. We illustrate our approach with a formal example but relatively easy for engineers to follow and adapt. ",
author = "W. Vasconcelos and D. Robertson and J. Agusti and C. Sierra and M. Wooldridge and S Parsons and C. Walton and J. Sabater",
year = "2002",
doi = "10.1007/3-540-70657-7_19",
language = "English",
isbn = "978-3-540-43282-1",
series = "Lecture Notes in Computer Science",
publisher = "Springer-Verlag GmbH",
pages = "297--317",
booktitle = "Agent-Oriented Software Engineering II Second International Workshop, AOSE 2001 Montreal, Canada, May 29, 2001 Revised Papers and Invited Contributions",
}